Magento: Display a Static Block in a Side Column on a CMS Page

When editing a CMS page, go to the “Design” tab and add the following to “Layout Update XML”

<reference name="right">
	<block type="cms/block" name="your_block_identifier" before="-">
		<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>your_block_identifier</block_id></action>
	</block>
</reference>

Remember to replace “your_block_identifier” with your own block. Also the reference name can be changed to display it in the “left” column or “content”.

“before” will put the block before everything in the structural element. That can be changed to “after” to put it after everything. If you know the “name” attribute of the other blocks, you can set your block before or after it like so: before=”cart_sidebar”